Enabling shared responsibility between women and men

 
Key learnings about effective measures for promoting gender equality from a publicaton of the OECD.
(Excerpts:)

Advancing gender equality: some practical proposals

Beatrice Duncan, Social Affairs Expert, African Centre for Gender and Social Development(UNECA)

Enabling progress

• [Reflection over] what do we mean by local level?
• [The need for] negotiation
• Can tradition and perceptions change?
• Are there aspects of tradition and culture which advance the cause of women?
• Are there existing traditional resources that we can tap into?
• [The virtue of] seeking close alliances with male and female traditional authority
• [The imperative to] invest in education...

Read the full article (PDF-format) here; referenced here.

Regarding the issue of gender equality the Bahá'í International Community states in a report to a UN-session:

The goal of [equal sharing of responsibilities between men and women] raises questions about the nature and purpose of human life and how these inform the scope and allocation of responsibilities. The worldwide Bahá'í community is guided by its recognition of the essential nobility of every human being—the capacity to develop spiritually and intellectually and to become a source of support and advantage to others. We see each individual as the possessor of inestimable talents, which, through education, can be developed and manifested in service to the common good. Furthermore, while men and women are physically distinct, their spiritual identities are equal—the soul has no gender. Each one, then, must play a role in striving for the well-being of others and, ultimately, in co-creating a social order that fosters the spiritual and material well-being of all peoples.

(BIC: Striving Towards Justice: Transforming the Dynamics of Human Interaction, 28 February 2009, view here)

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